The Once Caldas Sentinel
Squad25 Jan 2027
Mourad takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Match23 Jan 2027
10 unbeaten for Once Caldas
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Once Caldas did not have in the autumn.
Market25 Jan 2027
Felipe Rios comes home
The shirt still fits. Felipe Rios is back at Once Caldas, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market25 Jan 2027
Manuel Gomez is a Once Caldas player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market25 Jan 2027
Sebastian Palacios comes home
The shirt still fits. Sebastian Palacios is back at Once Caldas, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market25 Jan 2027
Leonardo Ramirez is a Once Caldas player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Michael Barrios gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match23 Jan 2027
Once Caldas share the spoils with La Equidad
A 3-3 draw with La Equidad leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Mourad is off the mark for Once Caldas
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
In brief
- Squad Luis Sánchez unhappy with how he is being used
- The terraces The press have found their man in Mourad
- Boardroom Once Caldas spend where nobody can see it